Maximum entropy regularization of the geomagnetic core field inverse problem

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 995-1004

  Jackson, Andrew ^a   Constable, Catherine ^b   Gillet, Nicolas ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core magnetic field; Geomagnetic inverse problem; Geomagnetic modelling; Maximum entropy

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MODELING; PIXEL;

EID: 36349025315     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03530.x     Document Type: Article

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